The EDA that you do in the beginning is the road that you lay for your presentation on insights and solutioning to business stake-holders in the end.

Master the art of Feature Engineering to improve your probabilities of becoming the celebrity Sherlok Homes of Data Science.

Don’t jump into esoteric modelling. Start simple.

Don’t jump into a model because it is popular. Know how the model works and how you can tune it to improvise it.

It is better to make Data Scaling as mandatory part of your data pipeline, than have it as an optional thing. It gives more options to try out various models.

Data-modelling is both the art and science of finding that optimal trade-off between bias and variance. Enjoy the game.

Almost always you don’t get a 100% accuracy with your data-modelling. And when you get it, question yourself and your approach. Triple-check your understanding and get it reviewed before celebrating. Save yourself the unwarranted heart-break.

Find opportunities to pair-up with someone to teach or learn. You will end up learning something for sure. It has its definitive ROI for you.

Up-skill with deliberate practice. How well you practice (quality)is equally important if not more than how much you practice (quantity).

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